The Pie Boy Podcast

Reflections and Connections about riding the school bus with jokers, goofballs, and weirdos from my neighborhood.

Reflections and connections about riding to school in Lumpy’s Moms Nova, listening to 94.7, cow pies, unexpected basketball ballers and hook shots.

Reflections and connections about my time at Molalla Middle School, teenage angst, love, band, dueling personalities, busting up bathrooms, puberty and foul language.

Reflections and Connections about my Dad, Lumpy and the Black Cat that terrorized our neighborhood of Lost Canyon.

Reflections and connections about treats from Meadowbrook Store, Lumpy, hot laps, riding in the back of my Dads work truck and going fast.

Reflections and connections about Mom traumas, ultraviolence and the grace of a bestfriend. Some people may ask me why I shared this or get mad at me for doing so. All I can say is, you should not have made the choice to hurt me. This is my story and I can tell whoever I want. The truth hurts and maybe you shouldn’t have done what you did.

Reflection and Connections about a family tradition, called the Pig Pile. My Dad and his brothers didn't invent the pig pile or the dog pile depending on what circles you run with, but they did master it and make it a household tradition in the Swain family.

Reflections and connections about music, hearing it played loud on vintage stereo systems, metal and rap making a imprint on me and Lumpy being a walking talking juke box. He provided the sound track to many adventures and fun parts of my life.

Reflections and Connections about what it means to be a Pie Boy, origin stories and nicknames that stick around.

Reflections and connections about my childhood nicknames, origin stories and the tradition of nicknames. This episode takes a deeper look into my alter ego of Sparky and the magic in the name.